Cigar-rest.



PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

W. W. HARRIS. GIG-AR REST.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT. 11. 1903.

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PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

W. W. HARRIS. CIGAR REST.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.11, 1903.

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WILLIAM W. HARRIS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed September 11, 1903. Serial No. 172,774.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar-rests; and among the salient objects of the invention are to provide a device which will promote sanitary conditions by preventing the wrapper or outer covering of a cigar I from coming into contact with a surface containing disease germs from other cigars or from any other source; to provide a device which will hold a cigar in such a position as will prevent an uneven burning thereof while not in use; to provide a device which will hold a cigar securely and in a protected manner when not in use, thus preventing the possibility of accident from a lighted cigar com ing into contact with papers and the like to provide a device which will hold a cigar in the manner above stated and at the same time serve as a receptacle to catch and confine the ashes in a protected manner from air-blasts which would scatter them in undesirable places, and to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character referred to.

To these ends the invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of another form embodying my invention, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1 and 3, 1 designates a prong rigidly mounted upon a base 2 in any suitable manner, said base in the present instance being square in outline, but may be made in any shape desired. 3, 4,

and 5 designate, respectively, side walls sooured to said base, and 7 a top wall having therein an opening 8, here shown to be circular in form and arranged concentrically with the prong 1.

Surrounding the bottom of the side walls and secured thereto is a molding-like member 9.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, 10 designates a base member adapted to be secured to a wall or other support in any desired manner and having mounted thereon the upwardlyprojecting prong 11 and the guard 12, both rigidly secured to said base in any suitable manner, being riveted in the present showing.

The use and operation of the invention may be briefly stated as follows:

When it is desired to dispose of a lighted cigar for a brief period, if the desk form of cigar-rest (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3) is used the cigar is thrust through the opening 8 onto the prong, lighted end first, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. The form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is used in the same manner, the guard 12 serving to protect the cigar against being brushed or knocked from its restingplace. The cigar is thus securely held in an upright position, and any burning during the unused period will be even because of the position, and the end of the cigar to be held in the mouth is kept free from contact with anything which would soil or affect it in any way. The ashes from the cigar are confined within the receptacle formed by the base and the walls surrounding the prong. The cigar will remain lighted longer because its lighted end is protected by the surrounding walls.

It will be understood that the details of the invention may be modified without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the details of construction shown except to the extent that the same are made the subject of specific claims.

I claim 1. A cigar-rest comprising a base member, a prong mounted thereon and of sufficient length to pierce the burned or burning end of a cigar and wholly support the same, and a guard extending around the prong arranged sufiioiently remote therefrom to stand free from contact with the cigar thus supported.

2. A cigar-rest comprising a base member, a prong mounted thereon and of sufficient length to pierce the burned or burning end of a cigar and wholly support the same, a guard extending around the prong arranged sufficiently remote to stand free from the prong,

and an ash-receptacle beneath the end of the prong.

3. A cigar-rest comprising an open-topped receptacle having an extended base adapted to rest firmly upon a table or the like and a Verticalv upwardly-pointing prong, of suflicient length to pierce the end of a cigar and Wholly support the same, having its lower end seated Within said receptacle and its upper end removed from the Walls of the receptacle a distance greater than one-half the di ameter of a full-sized cigar.

WILLIAM WV. HARRIS. Witnesses FREDERICK O. GOODWIN, WVILLIAM R. LITZENBERG. 

